Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30
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LouisvILLE, KY, April 30, la5 .. H.
Shortly after midnight Edward PAttsrson,
on being informed py Commercial reporter
that the troops we're quarteSed In front Of and
about the jsii, exclaimed "Thank God!
knew thas my prayers would be answered.
1'm a innocsnt man and oan prove On alibi."
In reply 10 . question - 70 Whist evidences he
could produce 70 support bis allbi, hs aaid
"On Thursdsy morning (ths day Of the -
sault on Mis Bowman) 1 was st the Maple
street depot when the Bardstown train ar.
train 1 walked to 18th and Madison streets
(about four blocks) and mst Willie Woods,
coal wagon driver, on bis way with
. load Of coal 10 Magazine Atreet
We talked . few minutes about woman
and Willie asked me TO 60 along with hiu'
went and stayed with him until after he
delivered the coal Then We went TO the
womsn's house on the way back and stayed
some time 1 told this story to Chief Whallep,
but he would not look II up for me-"
The reporter immediatsly started out to
hunt up Woods and st about .. m. found
him. On being told what Patterson said, he
said he had delivered load Of coal ct No 2,3l7
Magazine street and on his way there bad met
Patterson, at the corner Of 2ssh and Madison
about half past ten, but he did not know
whether 1t was on wednesday (the day be-
fore the sssault) or Thursday.
At 3 o'clock this morning the reporter
visited the house OF Mr.. Christ O'Connor,
bookkeeper for ONeil Il Go (for whom
Woods drives) and after getting him out Of
bed told him that the life OF Patterson de-
pended on what ho wAs going to ask him.
Tho reporter asked him TO 60 with him and
examine the coal ticket referred 10 BY Woods
II the date OF the ticket was April q, then
Patterson's alibi WAS established and he was
innocent, and, II on the day previous. he he'd
lied. Mr.. OConner willingly consented 70
20 TO the ofiice, and hurriedly dressing him
sell, jumped into . hack with the reporter,
and drove to the Office. An exam.
tion OF the delivery book showed that the
load Of coal was ordered on April 20 but not
delivered until the following morning. Tho
ticket was then exar1ined and the fact was
established that Patterson had told tho
truth; and that chief OF the Louisville
police had made no effort TO ascertain what
truth there might be in Pstterson's aaser.
ton that he could prove an alibi, even
though he knew that It was almost certain
that Patterson would be lynched. The coal
ticket reads - follows b. w. corner Of
Third avenue and Market streets, Louisville,
KY, April q, 1887. Received Of O'Nen 4
VO.s CAIt NJ dVs % Uusuots ETssouEB 1e "
coal. To Scott Parker, 2,37 Magazine street
(Signed) Scott Parker"
a ssroog Force OF soidisrs.
LOUISVILLE, April 30-Everything u
quiet ON the streets and in the vicinity Of the
jail to-day and there Ii nothing to indicate
that last night thousands Of rioters, militil
and policemen we're struggling with eacf
other In ehdeAvoring 70 break or maintair
the law. There will be no trouble befor,
| nightfalL A wild time IL anticipated for to
night this being pay day among the laborinl
Glasses and the streets will be thronged will
drunken and boisterous men and boyA
will be next TO impossible to take the prisoner
from the Jail, - they are guarded BY fou
| compani les OF the legion, the Louisville ligh
infantry aud battery of two field pieces anC
Calling gun with other forces held in raadi
| ness II required.